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This is what happens when the Army puts a laser on an Apache attack helicopter
We Are the Mighty ^
| Jun. 26, 1:55 PM
| Harold C. Hutchison
Posted on 06/27/2017 9:37:12 AM PDT by xzins
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posted on
06/27/2017 9:37:12 AM PDT
by
xzins
To: All
Spec Ops R&D is always a fun read. This is Star Wars stuff. Hoo-Ahh!
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posted on
06/27/2017 9:38:03 AM PDT
by
xzins
(Retired US Army chaplain. Those who truly support our troops pray for their victory.)
To: xzins
“HELs can even be set for non-lethal effects on people.”
Why? So a future Democrat President can write a strongly-worded letter to some tin-pot wannabe dictator saying “Stand down, or we’ll overcook your tri tip?”
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posted on
06/27/2017 9:42:14 AM PDT
by
HKMk23
(You ask how to fight an idea? Well, I'll tell you how: with another idea!)
To: HKMk23
To capture enemy for interrogation?
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posted on
06/27/2017 9:43:37 AM PDT
by
xzins
(Retired US Army chaplain. Those who truly support our troops pray for their victory.)
To: HKMk23
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posted on
06/27/2017 9:45:53 AM PDT
by
NorthMountain
(The Democrats ... have lost their grip on reality -DJT)
To: xzins
Part of the attraction of lasers and railguns to the Pentagon is the “gee whiz “ high tech stuff, but a more practical is the “ needs no ammo (no exposives)” aspect of easier, never run out reloading. You need fuel for the HEL.
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posted on
06/27/2017 9:47:34 AM PDT
by
Robert A Cook PE
(I can only donate monthly, but socialists' ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
To: Robert A. Cook, PE
There’s also the direct line of sight and speed of light aspect of the LASER weapon. You shoot the target where it is, not where it will be when your projectile gets there.
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posted on
06/27/2017 9:50:55 AM PDT
by
NorthMountain
(The Democrats ... have lost their grip on reality -DJT)
To: xzins
Ooh-RAH!
They've had this for quite a while. That they're mounting it now on RWA is impressive, given the minute tolerances in a six dimensional equation required for targeting from a rotary wing aircraft's platform, and that's if the chopper is hovering motionless. Neat trick.
Reducing a threat to total molecular disassembly in a millisecond.
(I gussa gits me summa dat.)
;^)
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posted on
06/27/2017 9:51:26 AM PDT
by
Gargantua
(Still Not Tired Of Winning... ;^)
To: HKMk23
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posted on
06/27/2017 9:53:55 AM PDT
by
xp38
To: xzins
I want one. For moles. On the moon.
To: HKMk23
"...“Stand down, or we’ll overcook your tri tip?” LMAO!!! Belly-laughing.
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posted on
06/27/2017 9:55:17 AM PDT
by
Gargantua
(Still Not Tired Of Winning... ;^)
To: Billthedrill
Be a tough shot, trigging out earth's rotation
and atmospheric distortion. But if you knew your stuff, you could treat age spots...
...on the moon.
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posted on
06/27/2017 9:58:18 AM PDT
by
Gargantua
(Still Not Tired Of Winning... ;^)
To: NorthMountain
There are LRAD and ADS for that. The former is a sonic device and the latter employs microwave transmissions. It would be fun to try the ADS on the Antifa critters at their next demonstration.
To: xzins
My question is how well do lasers work in battle field conditions with a lot of smoke and dust in the air?
To: xp38
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posted on
06/27/2017 10:02:15 AM PDT
by
Bratch
("The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." - Edmund Burke)
To: VietVet876
The former is a sonic device and the latter employs microwave transmissions. And this one employs IR wave transmissions ...
It would be fun to try the ADS on the Antifa critters at their next demonstration.
And BLM ...
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posted on
06/27/2017 10:02:59 AM PDT
by
NorthMountain
(The Democrats ... have lost their grip on reality -DJT)
To: xzins
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posted on
06/27/2017 10:21:28 AM PDT
by
Huntress
("Politicians exploit economic illiteracy." --Walter Williams)
To: xzins
Spec Ops R&D is always a fun read. This is Star Wars stuff. Hoo-Ahh!C'mon Rev, this is just the old Tom Clancy revealing pentagon plans 15 years before they go live.
The last three Tom Clancy novels were junk, written by stand ins, cut and paste, puke.
I have, and have re-read multiple times, every Tom Clancy novel from 'The Hunt For Red October, 1984' 'Red Storm Rising' up to my all time favorite, 'The Bear and The Dragon, year 2000, and all 1028 pages.
Every thing after that, junk and crap.
The 'Teeth of the Tiger' was so poorly written, that there were multiple text screw ups, something that never happened in Clancy's "REAL" novels.
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posted on
06/27/2017 10:32:14 AM PDT
by
USS Alaska
(Kill all mooselimb, terrorist savages, with extreme prejudice! Deus Vult!)
To: antidemoncrat
My question is how well do lasers work in battle field conditions with a lot of smoke and dust in the air?SUPER, they create the dust and smoke, after that, use the russian provided 'Missssillles".
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posted on
06/27/2017 10:35:30 AM PDT
by
USS Alaska
(Kill all mooselimb, terrorist savages, with extreme prejudice! Deus Vult!)
To: antidemoncrat
Very well. We’ve been using them for range finding on tanks for decades.
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posted on
06/27/2017 10:40:43 AM PDT
by
lacrew
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